Mhmm you butter believe that these large cows and princesses are made out of butter (sorry, not sorry). These strange and kind of awesome sculptures are a staple at many state fairs across the country. What is your fair's butter sculpture this year?

What you might not know is that the history of butter sculptures is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist tradition and was also popular in the European renaissance –– crazy, right?

Here are some of the more mind-blowing ones that I tracked down from the last few years or so:

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1 Minnesota State Fair, 2008 - photo by Haimanti Weld - Every year in Minnesota the winner of Princess Kay of the Milky Way gets her head carved into butter for the state fair.